The QF Generation: People and their stories

Doha, Qatar: As Qatar Foundation marks its 30th anniversary, it has launched The QF Generation, an immersive storytelling initiative that brings toget...

Doha, Qatar: As Qatar Foundation marks its 30th anniversary, it has launched The QF Generation, an immersive storytelling initiative that brings together 30 individuals whose lives have been shaped by QF. Through personal reflections, they share their journeys and highlight how they are now contributing meaningfully to their professions and communities.

Over the past three decades, Qatar Foundation has cultivated a diverse local, regional, and global community grounded in strong identity, global openness, and leadership for positive social change. For many, their journey began in QF classrooms, while others connected with QF later through opportunities that transformed their direction. Collectively, they represent a generation that reflects the founding purpose and vision of QF.

The QF Generation is presented through a limited-edition commemorative coffee table book and an interactive digital platform featuring 30 stories that illustrate QF’s lasting impact on lives. The collection showcases students, educators, researchers, innovators, and changemakers who discovered their purpose through QF and are now making a difference across sectors, disciplines, and borders.

Visitors are invited to explore deeply personal narratives spanning early education, university experiences, research achievements, entrepreneurial journeys, and unexpected moments of inspiration. While each story is unique, all reveal how QF has shaped individual growth—and how these individuals are, in turn, shaping the world around them.

Among those featured is Dr. Aisha Yousuf. From being one of just 16 students in the first class of Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar, to becoming the first Qatari woman to perform robotic gynecological surgery, Dr. Aisha Yousuf has built a career defined by “firsts” – all driven by her mission to serve women.Dr. Aisha Yousuf